Wendy Pasmore (née Blood) was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1915, moving to England with her family as a child. Her early artistic career was largely curtailed due to family responsibilities (she married the influential artist, Victor Pasmore in 1940) and her art teaching roles during the 1940s and mid-1950s, though she latterly resumed painting and exhibiting. She was a member of the Women’s International Art Club and The London Group and exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy of Arts; she was also instrumental in establishing the foundation course that eventually became Leeds College of Art.

Listen to his story here or read the full biography on the BURU database: https://www.buru.org.uk/contributor/wendy-pasmore